Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of 234 gastric cancers
Variables | No. of patients | % |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | ||
 Median (range) | 59 (22–83) |  |
Gender | ||
 Female | 82 | 35.0 |
 Male | 152 | 65.0 |
Lauren classification | ||
 Intestinal-type | 64 | 27.4 |
 Diffuse-type | 111 | 47.4 |
 Mixed | 59 | 25.2 |
Invasion depth | ||
 T1 | 25 | 10.8 |
 T2 | 23 | 9.9 |
 T3 | 93 | 40.1 |
 T4 | 91 | 39.2 |
 Unknown | 2 |  |
Lymph node status | ||
 Negative | 62 | 27.2 |
 Positive | 166 | 72.8 |
 Unknown | 6 |  |
Distant metastasis | ||
 Negative | 208 | 88.9 |
 Positive | 26 | 11.1 |
Stage | ||
 I + II | 91 | 39.1 |
 III + IV | 142 | 60.9 |
 Unknown | 1 |  |